We love Easter Traditions and Activities – one of our family’s favorite thing to do together is to use art to decorate a “spring tree”. I saw this activity, in an extremely old Better Homes and Garden’s Family Activity book, and jumped on it we were so excited! I had to tweak this Easter craft a bit, which was fine since Rory enjoyed making the eggs, almost as much as decorating eggs has been! I also made several because there were a few causalities (mainly Rory wanting to play wildly with them and our cats attacking them).
Crafting glue (Elmer’s is fine) mixed with a little of water.*
Balloons
Embroidering string
Wet rags for your sticky hands!
Hanger
Pin
Tweezers
The instructions in the book wanted us to use fabric stiffener to make the string stick to the eggs, but when i used the spray starch (and perhaps t was the brand I used…who knows) our balloon shriveled up and the string shriveled with it. I used crafting glue and mixed a little bit of water in it, just to make sure that it did not dry white.
We did this activity outside because it can get quite messy! We first cut the embroidery string in small strips, about 2 to 2 and a half feet. Then we blew up the balloons just a little bit so they resemble an egg and tied them in a knot.
Pour some glue in a small bowl (I used a disposable one!) and add a little water to it. Dip one piece of the string in the glue until its completely covered. When you lift the string out of glue, take your fingers and run them from the top of the string to the bottom, removing the excess liquid. This will get your little’s hands really sticky and messy, my daughter loved it, but I frequently used the wet rags to get most of the sticky off!
Wrap the strings around the balloon, we played around with colors and directions. I made sure that the end of the last string I used was covered by the new string. When your have your desired look tie a string at the bottom of the balloon and then tie the other end of the string to a hanger so the balloon can dry overnight.
The next morning, check the balloon and make sure that the strings are completely dry. If the strings are dry, use the pin to poke a hole in the balloon. This part can be tricky because some of the strings May stick to the balloon, when this happens get your tweezers out! Use the tweezers and very carefully pull the strings from the balloon, being very careful not to ruin that beautiful egg shape! When all the air is out of the balloon, gently pull the balloon out of the egg. Tie another string to one end and hang it where you like!
Happy Easter!
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If you liked this Easter Activity, maybe you would enjoy the Bunny Craft we did last week or our “Be a Peaceful Parent” kindness jar.
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Stopping by from living life intentionally linky. These look fantastic! I have been wanting to try this and didn’t get around to it this year. The pictures look great!
The next morning, check the balloon and make sure that the strings are completely dry. If the strings are dry, use the pin to poke a hole in the balloon. This part can be tricky because some of the strings May stick to the balloon, when this happens get your tweezers out! Use the tweezers and very carefully pull the strings from the balloon, being very careful not to ruin that beautiful egg shape! When all the air is out of the balloon, gently pull the balloon out of the egg. Tie another string to one end and hang it where you like!
Happy Easter!
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If you liked this Easter Activity, maybe you would enjoy the Bunny Craft we did last week or our “Be a Peaceful Parent” kindness jar.
Thank you for sharing excellent informations. Your site is so cool. I’m impressed by the details that you have on this blog. It reveals how nicely you perceive this subject. Bookmarked this website page, will come back for extra articles. You, my pal, ROCK! I found just the information I already searched everywhere and simply could not come across. What a perfect web site.
Great idea! I’m going to use this with my preschool class this week. BTW, fabric stiffener is a liquid and not spray starch. 🙂
Havalyn, this activity is so great and creative. Thank you for inspiring…
So fun! We did this method to make a bird nest & it was a HUGE hit! Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a GREAT week,
Beth =-)
So pretty. Use the tweezers and very carefully pull the strings from the balloon,
I love this! I will have to try it! 🙂
Stopping by from living life intentionally linky. These look fantastic! I have been wanting to try this and didn’t get around to it this year. The pictures look great!
What a fun idea! My 3 year old would love this.
These are so pretty.